New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-01
DID He MURDER THE >GIRLi
ARREST OF A MAN ON SUSPICION.


and appeared like cOuntryman to Polco Head
quarters and locked him up 1t was rlmored thac
tho man was the murderer OF the girl at iahway,
but no definite information could be obtained from
the detectives to tho identity Of the prisoner In
spector Byrnes was In his Office hard at work. and
detectives hurryirg In and out of his office dur
ing tho evening. but the Inspector would not tell
what the unusual stir was about
Until noon yesterday the authorities OF Railway, N j.
were ut loss TO account for the OF the young
woman who was found murdered In Centra[ave. last
Friday JUST after the train from Jersey City ar
rived H. Eldridae president OF the Hudson River and
Main Ice Company Of this city, entered Rynos Morgue.
After careful examination OF the face. which had be-
badly dscoored he looked at the photograph taken
Wednesday and Immediately said: THAT Is Mary,
doubt about IT. she aservant in my family
at Brooklyn and LETT there a week ago."
Mr.. Eldridge at his house, No. 637 Greene
ave. Brooklyn last evening. He said that there not
the slightest doubt In his mind that the murdered girl
had Ia his employ from last January until March 23
The ony that the family knew her by was simply
Mary The superlntende Mt OF the company Mr. Walsh,
had hired her IN Syracuse winter for him ut
ployment agency kept ny one Mrs. Adams. He added
in seIee o 4 h @ to s get a one there possible near
as hc cond ascertain Mary came from WhsLe ss
her TO Albany where was ami she came with mo to Brook
she seee homesick nearly all the time None OF the
family ever heard hes say ,ny1S about he FAMILY N yn n
place, i ,hnk, but j. am not that she ever
s,Roua 10 she Sa ane an Ss Attractive looking s About the
only place while hero TO the Catholic Church
irish sn should say that that she % Tas was
while here four who called IN body one evening
While @ ss ws out snSn sT rus s she sa PERHAPS o
I've eoT came 70, her annSs the e e sho wsn wat
away after receiving what due her about s25
family that eIpresman would calI for her tr nk He has
never called Tor II and SUI hGre & % men 70 & ahMy W nv %
The eyes, mouth and t,ct all ie features ace the
scar on her wrist they say: this also corresponds with
burn Mary received Indeed am positive tia 1t s sc
one Of Inspector Byrness men viii accompany MT
Eldridge and ms daughter and Mr. Walsh To Railway 10
day If they also identify the body Mr. Eldridge
SAID that he thought the girl had about i've or SIX dollars
The brother OF Mary Maltby arrived in Railway in the
morning and declared that his sister was alive
This was confirmed by the appearance ot NJ ry
at the Newark Police Headquarters where she stouiiy
sispicon against the Froats aud Kescl IA exploded
Tho latter was engaged by Detective keron on ednes
day To look for the girls missing pocketDOoA lhe rdse
wAs of no avail.
iho man who gave the name OF John I; Neary
who on Wednesday nIsnt th9uslt ,he glr, III
lis sister, was at the Morgue yesterday
when he met state Detective iagstrty Ihe Latter qesI
tonc him closely aud Neary admitted th@t he had nrea
Ia Newark AMI had been nrsed there not long ago wien
sick ny tho sister who he says Is nov missing IN, ihe
defective who evidently recoSnned ' hin' S, s",a; t.
81 guess you know where your sst1r
i. Now aresea s "'' .ss night He objected 70 being
searched but when hc found he was under arrest nc look
cODiy. As The cell door closed upon
HIN he himself npon bench drew ns nat down
over hs ewes ami buried his head in his hands lie sai
ION and made frequent visits NewlorX business,
when In New-loik he stopped az the hoase "t hr
Beckett o! No l.SGi 1hrl ave- where bis sister Nate
boarded She left boarding hosc two days beioro
the murer and has not since been seen by her eAd%
At The tune OF her disappearance she had about @l-1 III
Constable Thomas Iestrangc of Brookly Looked at The
boly Yesterday and raougnt II was that OF Mary 6uber
relative of his wife Later IN lne uaS osncr ,, pei %
who ooaed at the d,eurcd corpse thought that the s
Msyor DaiY has offered reward OF $500 for the identi
ncation OF The body and 1900 IN addition Tor the dcteG
tion OF tho murderer. The Presbyterian church
i ha Sar ~ ,no,rsi bcgiss this morning the body
Will be buuet The new photographs OF the deni elr
were nisaed YESTERDAY In she Is represented AS re-
Ginning ma chair Her hat Is on her head size wears an
embos,ed aud her hands are folded Her hair
is arranged ~ 1t wa IN life aud her eyes are OPEN
Anotner picture represents her with her hat Oh
Superintendent Harrison. Of the Newark CITY Home at
Verona was pussci yesterday when the appearance
ot Mary Matby alive and IN the hesn AT
bin that his identification was a mist..en .t.is,
one lie said the description OF the tad glr had Tailed
20 exact, with that OF Mary, printed IN the news
papers that hc deemed 1t his duty TO make An inye.g
ton when shown the photograph AZ h'naoe.I @ Ia ~ Us US
certainly the face Of the girl he had III MS Inni ha sue
been subjected 10 the same cruel treatment mhen nIs
Minons Marys former employer at Li%ape'n "a" % .ho
photograph she exclaimed; Yes that Is the Msy VINO
worked Tor me-" When lie saw the body at Railway he
found the form aud features 20 much IKE those o' Mary
that he felt II was her body that lAy there 49, , l..
Two women who went 10 Railway on wednesday 10
look at the body were anxious sbont young woman VINO
was missing from the Mouens Protective lhoh at 10
Clinton place They sald she lett tue Union 10 NslI
her slsier ~ Jersey aud failed Monday a:
she had promised TODD She resembed the murdered Sri
IN many respects but they did not recognize the body
The maron Of the Union yesterday declined To give the
name OF the missing young woman III was not pcHe'c'
that sho tho murdered woman she had Deen gu
gagei To go To work at house of wealthy woman IN
wJersey, but had failed to Keep an apiohtehl Ti.
sister went Railway on Wednesday
Iat did not Identify the body there. ~.
day look paius discourage any talk to the effect that
New York poIce trying TO unraycl the kahway
murder mystery Both declared they had no Information
To give ON tue subject II said that the Journey OF
sergeant trinK to Railway on "Wednesday was
In connection with bunco swndle which the ponce
were uot ready to Disclose aud that he looked AZ the body
OF the murdered woman ont OF curiosity There was sp,
pareut confirmation of the statement IN the act hat
after Fring got back TO the city on Wednesday night ne
arrested Charles Lane alias Grand Central pete anu
locked hin up suspicious person Inc cause
Of the arres, was not explained yesterday.
but Wa. saa to 1Ssro be .rs swnde wS nh.r IsSs,
.oGs prisoner. at Ieadguarters William rieT n6eS
n r. .aIs ANA ,ss ssn Sa Of shdp%S
Ernest Knoll, the tramp who attained temporary hoto
@ sh % 6s nsas Ss in o. Jersey .s City
Detectives Clos and Dalton investigated his story ana
| found that he told the truth.
New York at 8 p m., says that young woman was on
hi. train the night OF the murder who had RAILWAY
the centre OF the and handed her ticket over her
shoulder without turning around When edIcnr tne .Ta
Gee said TO her This is Railway She asked
IL the train went any further Yes, 1t goes 10 the juno
| We'll that will do for me-" replied the girl when
the train reached Woodbridge Junction the gr eit te
ear and started toward Newlrunswick. st George $
ave crosses railroad few rods west of the Junction
and runs within 800 OF the scene OF the murder
SYRACUSE, March 81 (SpecidD III the murdered woman
at Railway was the servant OF Mr. Edrtdge OF Brookyn
her was probably Mary GrAney, instead 0i Mary
Cregan Mrs. r. NJ Adams, manager OF an employ nen.
agency here, had a call In December from girl VINO
her name Mary Graney farport near & hoehes
ter aud desired place. she served for short time IN
family here and then Mrs. Adams got her place WIZ.
Or Edrdge who was visiting ms pa.eds , an 9th hio
10 brooklyn Mrs. Adams says that the girl seemed wei
educated and OF good family The girl told her mat she
mad away from homo To get place because
OF her relatives objected TO her working as doneS
tic hhe left here three weeks ago. , ,,,
| ALBANY. March GA small man, VINO caieu niinse
Charles German II held here by the police lie mas oiooo
Oh his coat lie is Unable to give satisfactory accoun
of himself. and that he came from Paterson A.
possible that he may have been connected WITH h'
Railway murder.